What are the upcoming volumes and is there a list of authors for all volumes planned.
Good question. I would like to know as well.
https://www.bestcommentaries.com/series/evangelical-biblical-theology-commentary-ebtc/
Since it’s a Lexham product maybe one of the staff will be able to fill you in.
If you have the EBC Revised then you already have Köstenberger’s commentary on the Pastorals’s epistles. The EBTC’s volume on the pastoral epistles is the condensed version of the EBC Revised version.
Some author’s already wrote the commentary, they‘re just giving the short version and rebranding them to Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary.
DAL
They preannounced a commentary sale on June 30 and July 1-31. I'm not sure how much better it will be than last Friday's.
Are you sure about that DAL? The REBC volume, which also includes Robert Thomas' commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians, comes in at 445 pages. The EBTC volume of Kostenberger's commentary comes in at 640 pages. That would seem to argue that there is a fair amount of additional content in the EBTC.
You have to look at the page-size at well, EBC is of larger page-size.[;)]
A quick clarification on my previous post. I had a look at Kostenberger's EBTC volume, which I own, and found that the 640 pages includes a 180 page excursus on the Biblical and Theological Themes within the LTT. The actual exposition of the three letters is right at 400 pages of commentary.
1 Timothy 1:1 commentary in EBTC
1 Timothy 1:1 (EBTC 1-2Ti/Tt): The letter opening follows the standard pattern for first-century salutations: sender-recipient-greeting. Paul’s self-reference, “an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior” (cf. Titus 1:3), slightly modifies his customary “by the will of God” (see 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Timothy). He may use “command” rather than “will” to allude to the fact that Timothy, too, is under orders (v. 18). Paul’s apostolic consciousness (cf. 1 Cor 15:8–10) led him to view his ministry as grounded in the will and command of God rather than in mere human appointment (Acts 9:1–31; Gal 1:1). Consequently, Timothy and the readers of the letter should receive it as an authoritative apostolic missive. Paul’s apostolic calling involves the worldwide proclamation of the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ (Rom 16:26).
The phrase “God our Savior” brings together the Jewish and Hellenistic contexts interfacing in the present letter (cf. 2:3; §3.3). The OT frequently speaks of God as Savior. In the first century “Savior” was a title regularly attributed to rulers, including Roman emperors such as Nero (AD 54–68). Paul, by contrast, maintains that the Christian God, and he alone, is “our Savior” (including himself within the purview of salvation), rejecting competing claims by contemporaneous savior figures. “God our Savior” is linked with “Christ Jesus our hope.” In NT terms hope is much more than a vague wish; it is a confident expectation of the fulfillment of God’s promises. In the present passage Paul may refer to the expectation of Christ’s second coming (Titus 2:13), eternal life (Titus 1:2; 3:7), or both.
I'm struggling to copy the REBC from Olive Tree. My tablet is only letting me paste the first paragraph. There are 3 paragraphs in total.
The letter opening follows the general pattern for first-century epistolary salutations: sender – recipient – greeting (see T. Thatcher, “The Relational Matrix of the Pastoral Epistles,” JETS 38 [1995]: 42–44). Paul’s self-identification as “apostle of Christ Jesus by the command [epitagē, GK 2198; cf. Ro 16:26; 1Co 7:6] of God our Savior” (cf. Tit 1:3) represents a slight modification of his customary “by the will [thelēma, GK 2525] of God” (the openings of 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Timothy; cf. 1 Corinthians). Perhaps “command” rather than “will” is used here since Timothy, too, is under orders (v. 18; cf. Knight, 61). Paul’s apostolic consciousness (cf. 1Co 15:8–10) led him to see his ministry as rooted in the will, even command, of God rather than deriving from any human appointment (Ac 9:1–31; Gal 1:1). Also, his self-designation as apostle signals to the letter’s recipient(s) that the ensuing communication is to be treated not merely as a human document but as an authoritative apostolic missive. Paul’s apostleship entails the universal proclamation of the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ (Ro 16:26)
Any updates on this series is appreciated.
